About Me
This is my second semester in the Master’s Program in Instructional Technology at USF.
My Bachelor’s Degree is from Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts. I have taken graduate courses at Leslie College (Psychology), University of Massachusetts in Lowell (Programming and Human Computer Interaction) and at Florida Gulf Coast University (Education). I have lots of credits and no degrees. I have decided that it is finally time to finish one. I took classes in a distance learning environment back in the 80’s, 90’s and then again recently. I have seen a real evolution in distance learning from broadcasting on the local PBS channel to fully web based environments.
I am a full time Web Design 1 and Web Design 2 teacher for Florida Virtual School. I was originally hired as a substitute then as an Algebra 1 teacher and jumped to Web Design when I had a chance. The focus of the courses that I teach is usability and accessibility. I teach in a complete virtual setting and use Elluminate for my students on a weekly basis. Prior to working at FLVS, I worked for the Lee County School District as a Teacher at the Alternative Learning Center where I taught the entire high School Curriculum using NovaNet and as the Technology Specialist.
My favorite communication method is im.